Théophile Georges Kassab (5 June 1945 − 22 October 2013) was a Syrian Syriac Catholic archbishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1974, Kassab was elected archbishop of the Syriac Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria in May 1999, before being ordained archbishop of the title in March 2000.[1]

He died in October 2013, while receiving treatment at the Maronite Saint Georges Hospital in Ajaltoun, Lebanon.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Théophile Georges Kassab
  2. ↑ انتقال المثلّث الرحمات المطران مار ثيوفيلوس جورج كسّاب إلى الملكوت السماوي (in Arabic). Syriac Catholic Church. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
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